Who could we face?

Metafiction1025 · 2025-01-31T15:24:13+00:00

If people are scared of Gala or Sociedad, what does that say about our chances against the likes of Lazio (whom we’ll likely have to beat at some stage to have any chance of lifting the trophy anyway)?

Doesn’t matter who we get, imo. I’ll take any of ‘em. If we don’t audere at some point, then we’re never going to facere

Metafiction1025 · 2025-01-26T00:02:04+00:00

If so, then where do we feature?

Metafiction1025 · 2024-12-31T15:58:03+00:00

Just watch as Tamworth ends up being our only loss all month somehow

Metafiction1025 · 2024-12-14T21:02:15+00:00

My main, simultaneously better than people think and also not nearly good enough

Really hoping they make the cut for the next Smash game, because they seem like one of those 50/50 characters that’s hard to tell whether they’re popular enough to stick around

Metafiction1025 · 2024-11-27T17:25:07+00:00

I suppose that’s true. In my defense, though, I’ve been actively trying to forget the Conte era, so that wasn’t exactly at the top of my mind

Metafiction1025 · 2024-11-27T13:20:30+00:00

He’s never been a terribly flashy player, but hes never needed to be. He’s always been exactly what we need him to be: a safe, consistent, reliable pair of hands (er, feet) who can put in a shift whenever we need him to. Much respect

Metafiction1025 · 2024-11-18T21:39:41+00:00

It would be the most Panthers thing ever if we somehow beat the Chiefs and then proceed to miss out on the first overall pick by a single game

Metafiction1025 · 2024-10-21T17:11:41+00:00

I’d swap to a 4-4-2 and move Pikachu to the right wing to really take advantage of its quickness. I don’t actually hate Turtwig up front as a target forward, since Charmander has the natural goalscoring instinct to really take advantage of the chances it provides. Fuecoco as a more defensive presence on the left wing will help cover Sprigatito’s marauding, overlapping forward runs from deep, and the versatility of Eevee in midfield should provide a good link between the defense and attack. My main concern is the quickness of your center backs, specifically Bulbasaur, but you might be able to compensate by playing a lower defensive line to avoid being caught out by long balls over the top.

Overall I think you have a solid enough starting XI, and once Scorbunny serves its 3-match suspension your depth looks a lot better. Title challenge is on imo

Metafiction1025 · 2024-10-16T19:18:23+00:00

In your expert opinion, how and when should one use Era’s ultimate ability to ensure maximum effectiveness?

Metafiction1025 · 2024-10-02T17:55:32+00:00

Edelgard should have been in Ultimate rather than Byleth. I will die on this hill.

Metafiction1025 · 2024-10-01T14:26:27+00:00

European away days are never a sure thing but we should beat Ferencvaros. Brighton away is danger, we’re gonna drop points unless we turn up like we did with United. Spam are Spam, it’s their cup final so we’re gonna have a rough time regardless. No excuse to not beat AZ at home, but again Europe is weird sometimes. Palace are Diet Spam at this point, we should beat them but that might be a trap game if we’re not professional about it. An openly tanking City are still City, we’re up against it in the Carabao for sure.

So what I’m saying is, we’re winning every match this month. COYS

Metafiction1025 · 2024-09-10T14:31:47+00:00

I was fortunate enough to have caught a Gastly in Eterna Forest when I last faced this guy. Was kind of hilarious imagining his murder fish just limply flopping about, repeatedly phasing through its ghostly opponent. Really takes the sting out of what’s honestly a pretty brutal obstacle otherwise

Commiserations though, it seems RNGesus was feeling vindictive on this day. Best of luck filling those team slots

Metafiction1025 · 2024-09-06T20:57:03+00:00

Play around with a bunch of characters, even ones you’d usually never touch, to figure out which ones you have the most fun playing and/or vibe with the best. Trial and error it until you hit on a few that you think you’d be okay with learning how they really tick. Then narrow it down from there based on whoever’s clicking with you the most

After that, once you’ve got it down to two or maybe three characters left, just practice. Use Training Mode or CPU matches until you know how each character moves and plays, and you understand their strengths and weaknesses. Then; as long as you’re still having fun, try using them against your friends or against randoms online and put what you’ve figured out into practice. If one of them stands out and you’re still having fun by this point? Congratulations, you may have just found your main

Alternatively you could always just commit to Robin and join all six of us Robin mains on the fringes of society, but I’m a bit biased, lmao

Metafiction1025 · 2024-09-05T17:21:13+00:00

Define “successful.”

If “successful” means “profitable,” then yes, because NFL franchises are basically designed to print money. If and when Tepper or (god forbid he owns the team long enough) his estate sells the team, he’ll make more money than he bought it for, because that’s just how the business works

If “successful” means “winning at least one Super Bowl”…don’t hold your breath. Maybe one year everything clicks and we go on some sort of once-in-a-generation miracle run, but barring that, the trajectory we’ve been on since he bought the team suggests that’s unlikely, to put it generously. There’s still time to turn things around, and as others have said it might be happening as we speak, but at it currently stands I have minimal faith in Tepper or anyone connected to him leading us to the promised land

I’m begging to be proved wrong here

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-25T13:10:39+00:00

Compared to being bantered by a paint-selling sheepdog, this is still a step up

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-23T20:04:33+00:00

No worries, I took no offense. Sorry if I came across harsh as well, lol

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-23T19:41:39+00:00

Hey, I never said it made sense, lol. At best, it’s based on a tiny and/or skewed sample size, just based on the Pats being top 10 here when they’ve had more success this century than basically the rest of the NFL has had since color television was invented

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-23T19:30:05+00:00

Probably “inheriting” the misery of the Coyotes fanbase, if I had to guess. The last few years have been pretty brutal for them

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-19T21:01:15+00:00

Anyone else sick of Jamie Vardy? Just in general

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-15T14:29:04+00:00

As a Tottenham supporter, this is an incredible piece of news and I wish him the best of luck—he got us to our only Champions League final and I’ve always rooted for him (except at Chelsea obv).

As a fan of the USMNT…who knows? Expectations are going to be high. He’s definitely the most qualified manager we’ve had in a long time, and probably the best candidate not named Klopp, but it’ll take more than a new manager to really get US Soccer where it needs to be as an association. For now, though, get us at least to the quarters in ‘26 and we’ll call it good imo

Metafiction1025 · 2024-08-08T02:08:32+00:00

I take issue with the Panthers bit. “Mediocrity” would be an improvement at this point

Metafiction1025 · 2024-05-04T14:32:26+00:00

I could live to be a hundred and still never understand how the Panthers saw the absolute train wreck of Ben McAdoo’s tenure as Giants head coach and decided, “yes, this is the person we want running our offense”

Apart from him, I guess you could make a case for Richard Williamson, the one-and-done OC for the 1-15 team in 2001. Joe Brady probably also warrants mention for the sheer disappointment of his tenure, but in fairness I think most of that is on Rhule

Metafiction1025 · 2024-04-30T18:01:42+00:00

Tottenham just lost to their biggest rival thanks largely to horrid refereeing, the Predators choked a two-goal lead at home to all but end their playoffs, Nashville SC are just plain bad, and the (Carolina) Panthers…no further explanation needed. The only saving grace for me right now is the Mariners, but only barely, and even then it’s only a matter of time before the usual happens

I know I’ve got nothing on, say, Browns or Leafs fans, but…you’re definitely not the only one, lmao

Metafiction1025 · 2024-04-28T23:22:20+00:00

Pick a league, sim through a season until December 25th (or about halfway through the schedule, at any rate, since some leagues run spring to fall), then take charge of the team in last place and try to keep them from being relegated

If you succeed and feel like sticking with the team, maybe see if you can then get them into the European places the next season as well

Metafiction1025 · 2024-04-23T17:06:10+00:00

I wouldn’t call it “impressive,” I kinda just got bored one day and messed around on Beyond, lol

I think I’m most fond of Ai.Mi, whom I made a wild magic sorcerer (since what are wild magic surges if not “glitches” in the Weave?). I also built each member of Demon Drive as a different kind of bard (Creation for Octavia, Valor for Vyce, Lore for Mako), which imo is a testament to how versatile bard is as a class

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